New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-04-21
LORD SALISBURY WARMED UP.
A VIGOROUS ATTACK ON Mr.. GLADSTONE
AND Mr.. PARNELL.
MAJOR sAUNDERsoN's CHARGES REPEATED BY THE
PREMIER, BUT IN LANGUAGE MORE
PARLIAMENTARY.


LONDON. Arril 2O.-Lord Salisbury, in an address
delivered last night before the Primrose League at
Albert Palace, the occasion being the sixth ami
versary the death Of the Earl OF Beaconsfeld said
the hollow agitation carried during the Easter boil
DAYS by the Opposition had failed and that the Gov
ernment's cause was the country's. The Government
stood in Ireland facing vast machine producing
terrorism and crime, sRanst which the Government
intended to struggle with all the powers Parliament
would grant, Mr. Gadstone's imagination deceived
him when be attempted to prove that his partys pros
poets were very bright The present Irish crimes OIL
would not compare in stringency with Mr. Gladstones
bill of 1881. Under the latter measure people were
imprisoned without trial. This could not be done
underthe present BILL The suppression OF crime In
Ireland did ot mean the suppression OF liberty The
nolicemen In arrestng Bill Sykes did not interfere
with liberty get Mr. Gladstone condemned this crimes
re PRESTON bill. =,
A danger OF the present da, lay in catchwords. Mr..
Gladstone, who had spent his life In changing MS
opinions mentioned those who had separated hoih
him In the tone OF father lccturiLg his chidren-be
at and almost prayed for them bat 1t never
occurred to Gladstone that perhaps they had some
thing to complain Of They were unable to change
their opinions in q night as he could
Lord Salisbury prOphesied that Mr. Gladstone would
find Il difficult gather around him any recruits.
His present adherents had gone too far to recede.
What had Mr.. Gladstone gained asked the Premier.
He had gained the eghty-six very devoted followers
of Mr. Parnell, who had been challenged with having
approyed murder and who had refused, or whose
friends had refused for him. to enter the witness box
and deny the charge And this course Mr.. Gladstone
approved. Mr. Parnell had been assisted with funds
sui scribed Dy men who advocated murder. When
man was accused In such it was not open TO
him to put the accusation aside with copOus use OF
the elegant abulary his friends had intro 1uced into
the House of Commons. lie was bound 10 enter the
witness box and deny the charges against him most
solemnly. How could Mr.. Gladstone go before the
country associated with men who refused TO submit
oh To the in @ All English
Tho sneaker did not believe in the Gladstone horo
scope. Tue victory Mr.. Gladstone obtained in 1850
wac won by food of misrepresentation that could
not be repeated. The Conservatives were now an
organized party powerful to refute falsehOOd and to
disseminate the truth. This condition OF the party
was largely due to the work OF the Primrose League
The present Government would when IT lett office
hand down unmpaired to their successors the great
trust OF the Empire committed TO their care Cheers
The Premier continued
We repudate the word " coercion because by long
usage that is applied to repression OF political opinion
presence Ireland OF system of crime which is sapping
surely and fatally the happiness aud freedom OF the
people. A vast organization Is taking away human
freedom and interfering with men In all stations by the
Mr Gladstone asserts that the Crimes bill gives the
Government the power to deal with political assoca-
House OF Commons The House OF Commons alone
allow such machinery TO he set In motion. All such op-
tion The opponents Of tho Government endeavor to
appropriate for the purpose OF attacking the bl feel
cal repre- ssiOn. f. Hear, hear ~ But the repressors OF
crime attack the liberty Of the people the con
rary they are Its greatest defenders Mr. Gadstones
idea when fine morning in 1885. he, who had been
all his life vigorous opponent OF Homo Rule, awoke 10
dnty awake Home Rulers too lCheers and laughter
There is limit 10 Mr. Gladsone's belief In the OBJ
sequous obedience OF the followers OF his standard III
always been thought that the Jesuits make large
claims upon human obedience when they require tho
human will to be expressed as II by corpses: But "a, a.
least the esuits well that they have we
Mr Gladsone,s votaries under pain o. enconmnnlea-
to Mr. Gladstones will, but are bound TO turn nom one
e anSsr sna sy s e ae
to adhere TO the opinions he has always taught them
Checrs MI Gladstone tes us that i9r niieen zee ne
conviction himself clcvery that everybody believed
that he still objected. II seems hard that the Liberal
Unonsts should be punished with all this mprecatlon
because they were not acute enough TO discover
how much Mr. Gladstone was taking them ill.,
| fChcers and a voice" lie has taken himself in."l
This not calculated 10 gather around MIN
a staff aud army. There are some desperate
and mGsl follow Mr.. Gladstone wherever he leads them
But where will he find officers who Will be willing TO
expose themselves to these sudden and violent changes
10 this imperous insstence absolute humiliation
Mr.. Gladstone will lind that ON the Liberia side OF the
peared and that leader TO be followed must be leader
who can be trusted to stand by his opinions.
,,i I .onahIe and honorable and thai nobody ought
u ask him TO clear himself IL Parne and his associates
absolutely free from suspicion in this matter
would understand that rcasO ming But they belong
10 party Of which largo wing has worked
by murder and has been largely supported by conrbu-
0ns OF others who openly advocate political assassina
ton Mr. Parners trusted friends have missed on terms
intimacy with those whose advocacy OF assassnatlon
friends in speaking Of fearful crimes that have
committed is not above reproach being marked by lndli
ference TO and even by tolerance o. murder When snen @
10 take refuge In denial 10 think that he can dis
pose Of the accusations BY liberal use OF the wide and %
energetic vocabulary which his followers have USED IN
| the House OF Commons.